Counter attachment for suspending barrels



(No Model.)

' G. A. DOYLE; GOUNTER ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENDING BARRELS.

Patented Sept. 15, 1896.

INVENTOR WITNESSES hook provided with an EErcE.

ATENT GEORGE A. DOYLE, or GANDEEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.

COUNTER ATTACHMENT FQR SUSPENDING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,891, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application filed April 24, 1896.

To all whmn it puny concern.-

Be it known that I, GEoEeE A. DOYLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gandeeville, in the county of Roane and State of estVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CounterAttachments for Suspending Barrels; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in counter attachments forsupporting barrels; and theinvention consists of the combination of astandard adapted to be journaled beneath a counter and provided with arigid barrel supporting hook and an adjustable eye adapted to fit aboutsaid standard and having a knife-edge and a rack on said standardadapted to be engaged by said knife-edge.

It also consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, andarrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter moreparticularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurelrepresents a side elevation, partly in section, of the devicesembodying my invention, the barrel supported thereby being shown in theposition it occupies when turned beneath the counter. Fig. 2 representsa top plan view of the same, showing the supporting-standard in section.Fig. 3 represents a central horizontal section through my said devices;and Fig. 4. represents a detail perspective view of the lower end of thesupporting-standard, showing the shape of the lower hook.

A in the drawings represents the counter; 13, the supporting-standard;C, theupperadjustable barrel-hook; D, the clamping-screw, andE thebarrel. The standardB is provided at each end with ajournal I). Thesejournals are supported, respectively, at the top and bottom by a spidera and a plate a, said spider and plate being each provided with anaperture for receiving said journal ends and being secured,respectively, to the under side of the counter and the floor.

The lower barrel-supporting hook Z) (see Fig. 4,) is provided at its endwith a segmental Serial No. 588,927. (No model.)

hooking portion 19 the staves and the bottom of the barrel. The hook Cis provided with a segmental hooking portion 0, similar to hookingportion 5 and for a like purpose, only that it rests within and againstthe upper edges of the staves. This hook O is provided with an eyec,which fits about the standard B and is tapered off at the rear to forma knife 0 A rack 19 is formed on the standard at its rear upper side,and the knifeedge c is adapted to engage any of the teeth on said rack,so that the hook O can be adjusted to fit any-sized barrel. The hook 0,when the barrel is in position, is set in the inclined position shown inFig. 1, in which position the hook cannot become accidentally disengagedfrom the upper edge of the barrel, as the greater the tendency of thebarrel to swing outward at the top the more firmly the said hook becomesseated. The only way the barrel can be disengaged from said hook is toforce the barrel in toward the standard. To prevent this movement of thebarrel when it is desired to hold it firmly in position, Iprovide theclamping-screw D. This screw passes through a screw-threaded aperture inthe middle of the standard and is provided at its innerend with a swivelsegmental head d, which is adapted to engage the barrel and force itoutward when the screw is tightened, and thus hold the hooks firmlyseated. The outer end of said screw is provided with a head cl, by whichit may be easily turned to either tighten or loosen the screw.

Any kind of barrel may be conveniently and readily supported by mydevice, .as it can easily be adjusted to fit the different sizes. Thebarrel can be swung beneath the counter, as shown in Fig. 3, with theslightest amount of energy and also out again into the position shown inFig. 2, in which position its contents, may be readily reached withequal ease.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a barrel-support, the combination of a standard adapted to bejournaled beneath a counter and provided with a rigid barre1- supportinghook, an adjustable hook provided which is adapted to fit snugly withinand against the lower ends of Having now described my invention, whatIOO with an eye adapted to fit about said standard and having aknife-edge, a rack on said standard adapted to be engaged by saidknifeedge, and a thrusting device mounted on the standard for forcingthe barrel away from the same and against the hooks, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a barrel-support, the combination of a rack on said standardadapted to be engaged by said eye and a screw passing through the middleof said standard and having a head adapted to engage the barrel andforce it outward and thus keep the hooks firmly engaged, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE A. DOYLE. Vitnesses:

R. O. DEAN, M. F. LEWELLEN.

